Language and culture --- There are many times different interpretations between native speakers and speakers whose language is not their mother tongue. Acquisition is affected by one's culture and that become a primary referent point. The differences of interlocuters' culture which includes first language, exposure to other party's culture et al creates some ambiguities and vagueness in interpretation. the lingua franca cannot encapsulate all semantics of any given lexicon.

Source author: MacOswald Jumali macjumali@yahoo.com